Written by Emmy Award–winning playwright Loring Mandel, Particular Men (filmed in 1972) recalls what might be considered the most significant event of man’s entire history—the introduction of nuclear weaponry. Although fictitious, Mandel’s story may bring to mind some of the events that took place at Los Alamos, New Mexico (where the Manhattan Project was carried out from 1943 to 1945), and during subsequent Atomic Energy Commission proceedings concerning questions of "national security." Stacy Keach stars as physicist William Benjamin, whose opposition to nuclear research for the military prompts a security hearing.